Sing, Sing, Sing (Carnegie Hall, 1938)
Context
Version played on January 16, 1938, at Carnegie Hall in New York by Benny Goodman's orchestra, in which Jess Stacy's piano is particularly noted. The concert was recorded by Albert Marks, husband of former singer Helen Ward, with a single suspended microphone; Goodman kept the acetates in a closet for about twelve years, before they were rediscovered in the early 1950s and issued on record.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.